The Skin on my fingers are peeling off, however their is no pain involved.

I've really appreciated everyone posting on this because it's interesting to see so many have the same thing. I'm 34 and have pretty much exactly what most people are describing here. Skin starts peeling from the fingers and moves to the whole hand. It did it the first time a few months ago, but it just started doing it again.

I can help say what isn't causing it. As far as I know, I haven't changed any soap. I live in a very humid country so it's not dry weather. My diet has been pretty much the same.

From reading everyone's posts, I found it interesting that a few people reported getting sick before this happened to them. When I think about it, my health was weak and I was a sick which I felt was due to being run down from traveling when this first happened a few months back. However this time when it started, I feel healthy...so after reading the sickness posts, I'm wondering if the initial sickness or low immune system somehow triggers the beginning of this or is even the cause.

Common sense tells me it's a deficiency in something, but hope someone finds a shareable answer. Thanks!

I appreciate everyone sharing about this. I'm 35 and my fingers and palm of my hand started to completely peel a few months ago, and now they have just started again. There's no itchiness like some people reported, but fingers due seem to absorb water like some people said, which I guess is due to the new skin not being so resilient yet.

I can help say what isn't causing it. As far as I know, I haven't changed my soap. I live in a humid country so it's not dry weather. I don't think I've really changed my diet in any related way.

However I found it interesting that a few people here reported getting sick before it happened. When I think about it, I was also sick around the same time this first started, and I felt my immune system was low from a lot of traveling I had been doing. This time however I feel okay, but maybe the initial sickness triggered something.

Common sense tells me it's a deficiency in something. It will be great if someone finds a shareable answer.

Unfortunately I'm in the same boat. My finger tips and thumbs (occasionally the palms of my hands) develop tiny liquid bubbles under the uppermost skin surface, they eventually pop, peel, and get red/scaley. It's not really painful - a little sometimes. Water seems to make it worse...a 10 minute shower makes my fingertips look like I've bene swimming for a day. The real bizarre thing is that it only happens once per year (around April) and lasts 3-4 weeks. I actually found a doctor who had the same thing happening to his hands. He tried all kinds on himseld including wearing surgical gloves at night with lotion in them (That would mutilate my hands if I tried it). Of all the things he suggested I did take well to a steroid that comes out like mousse (can't remember the name of it). Although that only helped for a couple years - now my hands seem to mostly resist it. Anyways, I'm wirting because after dealing with this for 10 years I thought I'd look on the web (it is April). It's somewhat comforting knowing their are other reptile-handed people out there - but it still sucks. Looking forward to May when I shed my scales and get new hands.

The skin on my fingers teens to get dry and peel too, but I'm pretty sure its just dry skin and I make it worse by picking at it. However, whatever it is several people seem to have in this post RESULTS in dry, cracked skin, so what I do (at least for my fingers) is vaseline and rubber/latex gloves, and then bandaids with vaseline overnight. For me, this helps heal it up some without making it too soggy, although I wouldn't wear the gloves for a long time. I'm sure this wont cure it, but it might help it heal faster if it is going to heal. Also, if you haven't already, keep a diary of what food you eat and things you do with your hands from the time they start getting better until they get worse, and maybe you can identify if it is something you are doing.

Anyways, I wish everyone the best of luck

I have had Exzema since i was a baby, i am now 20 and for the last two years i have had, on and off, peeling fingertips. It starts as i dry blister or skin bubble and i can peel it off without it hurting. The skin underneath is tender and sometimes itchy due to the tenderness. I use something called Avene trixera cream you can get at most drug stores, it had NO chemicals in it so doesn't iritae it further. This seems to help, and yes it is a form of exzema wich occurs in adults more than children, things like water, soap, scented hand creams, anything with harsh chemicals will really irritate it. This is what it was for me, hope it helps.
If all else fails see your doctor, it would never hurt.

O.k. folks, been searching all day and I found out what the heck is going on!!!! Keratolysis exfoliative. Thick peeling of the palms, finger, souls of feet. Creams containing urea, lactic acid or silicone can help relieve but there is no cure. Just ride it out. I found a bunch of pics that matched my son exactly. Nothing to worry about just really annoying. I'm just so happy that after so many years I found it!!!!

It is not Kawasaki's Disease. That is Autoimmune. In order for it to be autoimmune, u need to have 2 symptoms + 1 positive test for autoantibodies.
My God some of u are such f*** tards.

I have suffered with eczema on both my hands for 3 years as a middle aged adult, but has been completely controlled with the use of a very expensive hand cream. Using corticosteroid medication only cleared it up as I was using it and would come back within a week after stopping it even when using a base cream daily.
And recently, after getting the flu twice the end of one of my fingers would get tender and swell then go hard and crack and peel off, this is so strange- just the one finger??
Anyone else out there.

I have had similar problems with fingers peeling and bubbling etc.
i have discovered that i have type A dermatitis on my hands and a latex allergy.
my latex allergy took 3-5 weeks to appear after i'd had contact with latex making it hard to diagnose.
i haven't had any problems in 3 years after staying away from harsh soaps and latex. i hope this helps!

none of the post tells me the cure or what it is. my hands (fingers) peeled for no reason. i thought it was due to dry skin but it seems that the more i put hand cream or lotion, my skin peels more. i can even feel and see the bottom layer of my skin now. it hurts like there are small, invisible cuts but no bleeding.

it's getting unbearable. the peeling started on my left hand and a few days later, my right hand starts to peel.